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The St. Ann Choir sings Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony every week in Palo Alto, CA. at St. Ann Chapel, Melville at Tasso in Palo Alto, California.

In addition to the complete year's cycle of Gregorian chant for Sunday Mass, the choir also performs medieval and Renaissance motets and polyphonic Mass settings for holy days and other feast days. Please join us Sunday for Mass at 12 noon - and holy days as announced - at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Waverly at Homer in Palo Alto, California, and for Latin Vespers in Gregorian chant at 6:15 p.m. Al

l events are Catholic services. Everyone is welcome. No cost, of course. Ann Choir is not affiliated with the St. Ann Chapel Choir, the professional group that performs music for the 11 AM Anglican Sunday liturgy at The St. Ann Chapel.

03/24/2026

All corrections to earlier post: On Palm Sunday, the St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto will sing St. Matthew's Passion. Also, foot washing will not be done this year on Holy Thursday.

Schedule for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Easter 2026.

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Palm Sunday Mass, March 29
11:00 AM, St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Procession with Palms and Sung Mass, including the chanting of the St. Matthew Passion and motets by Morales, Tallis and Victoria.

Wednesday, Tenebrae, April 1
8:00 PM, St. Ann Chapel
Matins and Lauds of Holy Thursday
(Anticipated the evening before). Lamentations of Jeremiah by Victoria.

Holy Thursday Mass, April 2
8:00 PM, St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Mass of the Lord's Supper, and Blessed Sacrament Procession. Gregorian chant and polyphonic music of Byrd, Morales, La Rue, and Victoria.

Good Friday Liturgy, April 3
5:30 PM, St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Solemn afternoon liturgy: Chanting of the St. John Passion, Solemn Intercessions, Adoration of the Cross, and Communion. Latin Gregorian chant and polyphonic music of Victoria.

Easter Vigil Mass, April 4
10:00 PM, St. Thomas Aquinas Church
The Solemn Proclamation of Easter, the Prophecies, and Midnight Mass of the Resurrection. Music of Palestrina, Morales, and Marenzio.

02/17/2026

St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto sings at the Ash Wednesday Mass at 7:30 PM at St. Thomas Aquinas Church.

01/30/2026

Monday Feb. 2, 8 PM: Candlemas w/candle blessing and procession - https://mailchi.mp/cea37805bd56/l5n46hc8hu-10610946

01/16/2026

Dr. Erick Arenas, Director of the St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto since Prof. William Mahrt's death last January, will lead a three-session series of classes on the development of music for the Requiem Mass. Register soon!
Live via Zoom.
Mondays, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, 9 – 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Pacific Time
This series is part of the Catholic Institute of Sacred Music's Spring Workshop Series.

"Musical settings of the Mass for the Dead represent one of the most poignant genres in the choral literature. It is also one of very few major types of composition whose practice spans every age of Western music history, and whose formal and stylistic scales range from the austere to the grandiloquent. While its origins and musical elements are rooted in liturgical function, its development has also been shaped by secular notions of ceremony and musical expression, in particular the requisites of the concert hall. This series will survey the diverse, complex repertoire that this history has yielded. Representative examples from the Medieval era to the twentieth century will be studied in terms of style, form and aesthetics, as well as historical and historiographical contexts."

Read more about the other courses in the series and register for any or all of the offerings here: https://catholicinstituteofsacredmusic.regfox.com/spring-2026-online-monday-workshop-series

Dr. Arenas teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. You might want to check out his page at their site: https://www.sfcm.edu/study/faculty/erick-arenas

01/08/2026

This article is about Professor Mahrt, the long-time director. of the St. Ann Choir of Palo Alto, who died on January 1, 2025. It was published in December in The Valley Catholic, the news magazine of the Diocese of San Jose. https://thevalleycatholic.org/love-and-sacred-beauty-remembering-bill-mahrt

12/23/2025

St. Ann Choir Special Music for Christmas and Epiphany 2025/2026 - https://mailchi.mp/c236bde274de/stannchoirmusicdecjan2025-2026

12/12/2025

You might be interested in the article "With Love and Sacred Beauty: Remembering Bill Mahrt" that starts on page 26 of the Fall 2025 issue of The Valley Catholic, a publication of the Diocese of San Jose. It's about Stanford Professor of Musicology William Mahrt, who was president of the Church Music Association of America, editor of the Sacred Music Journal, and Director of the St. Ann Choir.

12/06/2025

SUNG LATIN MASS with the St. Ann Choir

For the FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Patroness of the United States)

Featuring MASS FOR THREE VOICES by William Byrd (1540-1623)

Celebrant: Rev. Blaise Berg

Monday, December 8 - 7:30 p.m.

St. Thomas Aquinas Church
751 Waverley St. (at Homer)
Palo Alto, CA 94301

10/24/2025

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, 11 AM
A Requiem Mass in Latin
Sung by the St. Ann Choir
For All Souls Day

Missa pro Defunctis
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

St. Thomas Aquinas Church
751 Waverley St. (at Homer)
Palo Alto, CA 94301

10/21/2025

November 4 at 7:30 PM: St. Ann Choir special Requiem Mass for the soul of William Mahrt (March 9, 1939—January 1, 2025)

08/15/2025

AUGUST 15 FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
IS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION
ALL ARE INVITED AT 8 PM TONIGHT

You are welcome to join the St. Ann Choir for a sung Mass in Latin featuring:
Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548-1611), Missa O quam gloriosum est regnum
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522), Ave Maria
Pierre de la Rue (c. 1452-1518), O Salutaris Hostia

Rev. Michael Sherwin, O.P., celebrant

Friday, 8:00PM
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Waverley at Homer, Palo Alto

Address

751 Waverley Street
Palo Alto, CA
94301

Opening Hours

	12:30pm - 2pm
	6:15pm - 7pm

Telephone

+16504937933

Website

http://www.stannchoir.org/index.html

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